Monthly Archives: January 2012

Study. Advocacy groups avoid revealing drug company funds

Only 25 percent of groups mentioned funds from Eli Lilly on Web sites, researchers find. Many health advocacy organizations rely on financial support from drug companies. But few disclose the extent of that funding or make information easily accessible, according … Continue reading

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CA. Los Angeles cop punches special needs girl in the face on a bus

TTAPR does not condone excessive force. Kudos to the war veteran who shot the video and refused to hand it over to the police.

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NY. Eighteen workers injured by youths at NY OCFS detention facility

Broken bones, a dislocated shoulder and even a concussion are some of the injuries workers at the Taberg Residential Center have brought home with them according to the Civil Service Employees Association. Eighteen of the center’s 33 Youth Division Aides … Continue reading

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CA. Four incidents reported at Santa Monica High School

A series of fights involving students from Santa Monica High School has resulted in suspensions and a stepped-up police presence near campus, officials say. The conflict began Jan. 5 after the school day ended, said Sgt. Richard Lewis, a spokesperson … Continue reading

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WI. Middle School Fight caught on tape and posted on Facebook

A beating at a Port Washington middle school, and it was caught on tape, and then posted on-line for everyone to see. TODAY’S TMJ4’s Rob Koebel reports it didn’t take long for the schools principal to see that video online … Continue reading

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NC. Taser used to subdue fighting students

A school resource officer with the Kernersville Police Department used a Taser to subdue a student when two students began swinging at each other Monday at East Forsyth High School. Theo Helm, a spokesman with the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system, … Continue reading

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OK. School fight leaves one student with a fractured bone near his eye

Joseph Skinner, 12, told his mother that before school Tuesday another student jumped on top of him and hit him several times before someone came and stopped the fight. Joseph’s mother, Danielle Davis, took her son to the family pediatrician, … Continue reading

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FL. Autistic teen charged in alleged teacher attack

A 13-year-old autistic student is facing felony battery charges in Florida for allegedly hitting a middle school speech therapist in the head with headphones. According to the Pensacola News Journal, Conner Brown was charged on Jan. 2 for battery on … Continue reading

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NY. Senator to NY OCFS Commissioner and Training Unit – why are so many staff being injured by the youth?

State Senator Joe Griffo has written a letter to Commissioner Gladys Carrion of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services to take immediate action on reports of multiple injuries of staff at Taberg Residential Center. Senator Griffo … Continue reading

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NY. Youth Aides Getting Beat Up in NY – OCFS Facilities. More Than Half of Workers at Central New York Facility out Due to Injuries Suffered in Attacks

The head of New York’s largest public employee union said workers in state juvenile detention facilities are literally taking a beating at the hands of youths assigned to their care. CSEA President Danny Donohue warned about increasingly dangerous conditions in … Continue reading

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